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SECoPA conference will bridge public administration theory, policy, practice
The 2006 Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, co-sponsored by UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government and the Georgia chapter of the American Society for Public…
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Weapons policy updated
The university’s policy on weapons has been revised to reflect changes in the state law. New to the policy is a ban on nontraditional firearms,…
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Atlanta Ballet dances toward Fine Arts Theatre
The Performing Arts Center presents the Atlanta Ballet at 3 p.m. Sept. 24 in the Fine Arts Theatre. Tickets are $34 (front orchestra) and $29…
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Bauerle chosen as coach for U.S. Olympic swimming team
Jack Bauerle, head coach for UGA’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams, has been chosen as the head coach for the U.S. women’s swimming…
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Scott Alan Brown quoted in Washington Post
A Washington Post story quotes Scott Alan Brown, head of the small animal medicine department at UGA in an article outlining an obesity epidemic plaguing…
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Staff Council president works to boost staff voice in UGA matters
University of Georgia Staff Council president Shannon Scott believes staff members need to have a louder voice in university matters.
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‘Rich and unusual history’
The New Faculty Tour reverses the usual flow of information at UGA. For five days each summer, 43 recently hired faculty and staff pile onto…
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Foundation Fellow is first UGA student to win Hoover Scholarship
Douglas Jackson, a UGA Foundation Fellow and a 2006 Goldwater Scholar, received the J. Edgar Hoover Foundation Scientific Scholarship for the 2006-2007 academic year. He…
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Journalism technology expert will open Grady College lecture series
One of the nation’s leading experts on journalism and technology will speak at UGA on Sept. 20. Mindy McAdams, the University of Florida’s Knight Chair…
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Stolen computers at University of Minnesota held student, alumni data
Records from more than 13,000 students and alumni of the University of Minnesota might have been lifted from two university-owned computers stolen in August, according…
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“William Few: Forgotten Patriot” on display in honor of Constitution Day
“William Few: Forgotten Patriot,” an exhibit featuring original manuscripts and correspondence between William Few and Abraham Baldwin and documents relating to the conditions in the…
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UGA College of Education hosts Fall Fling: Focus on Diversity
The Dean’s Council on Diversity in the University of Georgia College of Education will host the third annual Fall Fling: Focus on Diversity event on…
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“Your Faith Instructions” exhibit to be presented by UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art
The University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art announces the opening of the one-person exhibition “Your Faith Instructions” by artist and UGA professor Ben…
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Half of Georgians see immigration as good for the country
Fifty-three percent of the state’s adult population believes that immigration is generally a good thing for the country today; 70 percent says that immigration has…
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Two University of Georgia students invited to attend microbiology career institute
Adrienne Cottrell and Laura Williams, graduate students at the University of Georgia, attended the Robert J. Kadner Institute for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scientists in…
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Remembering 9/11
Living in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, reminders have been as inescapable as they are painful. Constant references-from U.S. flags posted on…
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Doctoral student awarded Fulbright research scholarship
UGA Ph.D. candidate Laura Jen Shaffer has been awarded a Fulbright research scholarship to Mozambique for the 2006-2007 academic year. She will begin her dissertation…
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Hispanics will top all U.S. minority groups’ purchasing power by 2007
Hispanic buying power in the U.S. will draw even with African-American buying power in 2006-at just under $800 billion-and is projected to exceed it in…
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Son of Alabama ex-chancellor took money from a firm with school ties
The son of Alabama’s recently fired chancellor of two-year colleges received $3,000 a month for about a year from an architectural firm, in addition to…
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Book traces forces that shaped New Orleans
Creating the Big Easy: New Orleans and the Emergence of Modern Tourism 1918–1945 By Anthony J. Stations University of Georgia Press $22.95 It’s refreshing to…
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School of Law professor takes part in ‘supreme’ legal research project
When Supreme Court justices speak, people listen. And when Supreme Court justices disagree, people listen more closely.
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Student audit of engineering center could save energy costs
This semester, seven students armed with sensors, data loggers and other monitoring devices will poke around the Driftmier Engineering Center searching for evidence of energy…
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CHA publication deadline
In its spring newsletter, the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts publishes a list of books, catalogs and CDs created by scholars in the humanities…
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Parent-teacher communication helps students succeed in and outside class
As elementary, middle and high school teachers and administrators search for ways to engage their students, sometimes the one missing element is parental involvement. Eighth-grade…